Newsweek is reporting the Obama administration has abandoned plans to restore a federal ban on certain semi-automatic assault guns despite a recent spate of killings. On Sunday, California Senator Dianne Feinstein told 60 Minutes she plans to hold off trying to renew the ban that she authored in 1994.
Lesley Stahl: “There is some sense that the President has so many crisis issues on his plate right now that the idea of bringing up guns, which is considered part of the culture wars, would be such a diversion.”
Sen. Feinstein: “I agree with you. I wouldn’t bring it up now.”
Stahl: “So you’re going to hold off?”
Feinstein: “That’s correct. I’ll pick the time and the place, no question about that.”